| 单词 | internecine |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [`intə(:)'ni:sain] |
| 解释 | a.内讧的，两败俱伤的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 内讧的，两败俱伤的( deadly or harmful to both sides of a group) 【记】 inter(相互)+nec(杀) +ine→互相杀→自相 残杀 【例】 Soon after the internecine for control began,the empire sank into lassitude. |
| 字源 | internecine (adj.) 1660s, "deadly, destructive," from Latin internecinus "very deadly, murderous, destructive," from internecare "kill or destroy," from inter (see inter-) + necare "kill" (see noxious). Considered in the OED as misinterpreted in Johnson's Dictionary [1755], which defined it as "endeavouring mutual destruction," on association of inter- with "mutual" when the prefix supposedly is used in this case as an intensive. From Johnson, wrongly or not, has come the main modern definition of "mutually destructive." |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 内讧的(国家、组织、或团体内部斗争的); 两败俱伤的 【记】inter相互, nec杀, ine形容词后缀－自相残杀的inter, NEC(日本电气公司(Nippon Electric Company, 是世界五大电脑制造商之一), ine: 在NEC中总是发生内讧. |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】inter 互相 + necr- 杀，死；inter + neck 互相卡脖子 【相关】necrology 死者名册, 死亡启事，necropsy 验尸 |
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